overfishing – Frontline Club

A Sea Of Scandals

Vaughan Smith — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:02:45 +0000

Panel Discussion Thursday 19th November, at 7pm GMT, will see the next in our series of environmental events- organised and curated by us at Clear Public Space in conjunction with the renowned Frontline Club #environmentalfrontline. You can watch a short synopsis video of our last debate in which the EU Commission’s Professor Helmut Maurer, […]

ForesightNews world briefing: upcoming events 7 – 13 November

Julie Tomlin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:12:18 +0000

A weekly round up of world events from Monday, 7 November to Sunday, 13 November from ForesightNews By Nicole Hunt Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as Carlos the Jackal, goes on trial in Paris on Monday accused of complicity in the deaths of 11 people. The charges relate to bombings in France in 1982 and 1983. […]

THIRD PARTY EVENT: Is Blue the New Green?

Millicent Teasdale — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:00:00 +0000

Overfishing and dying oceans are in the media spotlight as never before. Will it change anything?

'End of the Line', the film about overfishing, has been screened across the globe. Channel 4's "Fish Fight' series this year prompted a huge public response in the UK. London department store Selfridges' "Project Ocean" event mixed scientists and royalty in discussing ocean issues. Celebrity chefs have taken up the cause, and stories about the dying oceans now seem to dominate environmental reporting by the media.

Will the increased spotlight on marine damage bring real change? Or is the ocean just the latest 'fad', as climate change issues fall out of favour with editors and politicians? Media, campaigning and policy experts will discuss the growing focus on 'blue' issues.

World’s Oceans in Crisis – What can be done?

Vaughan Smith — Wed, 11 May 2011 23:16:51 +0000

View in iTunes By Mariah Hamalainen “We are facing a complete collapse of ocean ecosystems, globally”, said Professor Charles Sheppard at the Frontline Club on Wednesday evening during a panel discussion on the state of the world’s oceans. The oceans have been exhibiting the effects of global warming since the late 1970s and a quarter of […]

World’s oceans in crisis: What can be done?

Millicent Teasdale — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:00:00 +0000

The world's oceans are in a state of crisis and decline, with the continuing affliction of climate change, overfishing and other pressures.

The Fish Fight campaign fronted Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Sir David Attenborough's Horizon on The Death of the Oceans? have put the spotlight on the state of our oceans. Ahead of the release of new scientific findings from IPSO Frontline Club will kick off the first of a series of events with a panel of experts discussing what is happening to our oceans and what can be done about it.